ND Historian

Nature Division Historian

The Nature Division Historian is responsible for collecting, recording, and maintaining information deemed important to the Division. An Annual Report is prepared by the Division Historian for the PSA Historian by December 1 each year. This report covers the time from the end of the previous year's PSA Annual Conference to the end of the present year's Conference, in keeping with the Division Office terms.

The Division Historian's Annual Report should include lists of:

The Division Officers, Directors, and other Officials

The Dates these volunteers served

That year's recipients of Division Awards

All Division Activities and Competitions for Individuals

All Division Activities and Competitions for Clubs

Any important changes within the Division (e.g., changes in program or activity requirements or conditions of entry, any motions passed, personnel changes during the year).

History of the Nature Division

1940

Nature Division formed

1941

First PSA Nature Print Salon

1946

First Nature Division Who's Who for slides and prints

1947

PSA Journal's Nature Section stated 'that part of nature which man has brought under his domination is no longer considered "Nature"'

1953

Slide Study Circuits begin

1953

Nature Division Star Ratings Instituted

1954

Instruction Slide Set Service introduced

1955

Club Slide Competition begins

1957

Print Circuits begin

1961

Nature Essay Competition instituted

1962

First Nature Division Gold Medal Service Award

1972

First specialized exhibition

1973

Conservation Essays added to Nature Essay competition

1976

Photo Naturalist Award established under Star Ratings

1981

"Nature Division Code of Practice" approved

1991

Galaxies established under Nature Division Star Ratings

1997

Slide (Image) of the Year Award established

1998

Best Wildlife Award added to Nature Section of PSA International

2001

Two Sections, General and Wildlife in PSA International for both slides and prints